THE READING ROOM

This blog is primarily for media aspirants as well as young journalists. My aim is to provide links to articles that will enhance their understanding of the media and help them to improve their writing skills, broaden their horizons, and expand their worldview. My hope is that The Reading Room will also help them to become good media professionals.

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Friday, March 30, 2012

An institution called College Street

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I have just returned from Kolkata, my sixth visit in five years. You would think I now know Kolkata like the back of my hand. But that's...

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Prakash and Mandakini Amte: The most inspirational story I have read in years

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An e-mail I had sent out to my students, friends, and relatives in September 2009 (I did not have my own blog at the time): Prakash and ...

Friday, November 11, 2011

A foreigner's experience of playing an "extra" on a Hindi film set

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What does it mean to be a foreign "extra" in a Bollywood movie? Writing in Open, a 20-year-old German student says that, for th...

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

What is the link between India fast bowler Praveen Kumar and Indians' love of gold?

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What a shining example of a good intro! Writing in the Outlook issue of November 7, Arti Sharma begins her story on Indians' current ...

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Monday, October 31, 2011

From a newspaper article to a monthly newsletter and, now, a bimonthly magazine devoted to books and reading

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Two years ago, Rohita Rambabu (Class of 2011), who was then the Books Editor of the Commits newspaper, had written an informative piece on...

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Good ideas and good writing need to be backed up by good design

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In this month's first anniversary issue of Fortune India , editor D.N. Mukerjea looks back at the cover stories and features of the ...

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Friday, January 28, 2011

How many magazines in India will let reporters work on a story for six months?

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I can't think of any. Except perhaps for Tehelka, whose editor Tarun Tejpal in 2007 asked his reporter Ashish Khetan to conduct a months...

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Ramesh Prabhu: Bangalore, Karnataka; I have more than 20 years' experience (1981 to 2003) as a journalist in India and Dubai, specializing in selecting and editing news reports and features. From 2003 to 2019, I taught journalism and writing skills to master’s students at Commits, a media college in Bangalore. I joined Cactus Communications ("Serving Science Worldwide") as a copyediting freelancer on October 1, 2019. From the very beginning, I have enjoyed the challenge of working on a new assignment each day. I like to think of every article as a daily crossword puzzle that I need to solve by examining the clues closely. And, finally, when I submit the article that I have tended, I like to think, with love and care, I feel deeply satisfied.

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